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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2022
Applicant:
Hitachi High-tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/1413 (2013.01);
Abstract
Self-luminous barcode readersA,B,C,D,E,F are provided in an arrangement such that irradiating light emitted from the barcode readersA,B,C,D,E,F entirely covers a surface provided with a barcodeand optical axesA,B,C,D,E,F of the irradiating light are inclined horizontally at an angle greater than 0° in absolute value and vertically at an angle greater than 0° in absolute value from normal vectorsA,B,C of a test surface of a test sampleprovided with the barcode. This arrangement provides a test sample reading device and a test sample reading method with which the success rate of barcode reading can be raised compared to the past.